Get the block in front of player

Is there a way to get the block in front of player? I tried using locations, get relatives, but nothing. ._.

 

Just get the location of the block, and then get the location of the player, compare the values, and yeah

 

But I don't have the location of the block, I have to get the location of the block. ._.

 

WHy do you need to get the pluck directly in front of the player?

 

Because I need. ¬¬

 

It depends which block in front of the player. I'll leave out a bit of code...

PHP:

Location playerLoc = player.getLocation();
playerLoc.setX(playerLoc.getX() + 1);
//Yada yada yada

However, now that I look at this it would matter which direction the player was facing. I'm not familiar with getDirection(), but you would have to do some Vector math in order to properly get the block in front of the player no matter which direction they are facing. Tell me if you figure this out, I'd like to know.

 

Firefly
Yes, because the front block can be X+ or Z+.

I'll try using some vectors and blockface now.

 

Yeah, me too ...

 

Ah, yea, one question: the player location, is the location of the legs/feet of the player, or body/head?

 

That is a great question...

 

I believe its the feet. You can always do a quick test with...

PHP:

Location loc = player.getLocation();
loc.setY(loc.getY() - 1);
Block block = getBlockAtLocation(loc);
block.setType(Material.STONE);

If the block is right below the feet, then you know player.getLocation() returns the location of the block in the players legs

 

Bukkit really should add this to the API's ...

 

I agree. Directions, Vectors, Velocity, etc really messes me up and is rather confusing.

 

I do (player.getLocation().getBlock().setTypeId(5) and YES, the location is in the legs/feet. =]

If they add BlockFace.FRONT, that would be VERY GREAT! =]

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Any reason you can't use player.getTargetBlock()? This will return the block in the player's crosshairs.

 

Well, while I don't have a solution for this, I'll use targetblock. Thanks!